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Sorry my production crew wasn’t on it that day. I made sure to fire them. Can’t tolerate poor quality audio.

So you need to pay to enter Joshua Tree National park in a vehicle which is mandatory for this trail since 80% of it is inside the national park.

It’s a solid bed rack and solid bed cover. Handles the weight like nothing, and the fact that it’s a lot profile bed rack doesn’t add wind resistance to the truck.

@@DirtRoad_Chronicles I'm thinking about doing this exact setup. Do you ever get any rattles from the cover?

@@jgm113 i haven’t gotten any rattles in the year and half or so time that I’ve had it. But you can always retighten anything in case it were to happen. I usually loctite everything when installing too so it just helps.

@@jgm113 best thing about this set up is that it’s easy to take off the bedrack whenever you need your truck bed or just for the season. I have mine off right now.

Thanks for watching! I have the Viair 450 P If I remember correctly. And the hose system I got from Runnin4Tacos

@@DirtRoad_Chronicles thanks! How do you like camping solo? I usually camp with my wife but thinking about a solo trip

@@virtualjeff99 I prefer to go with my wife and my 87lb staffy as well just because it doesn’t get as boring. I rather share those moments with loved ones but in this trip in particular the whole point for going down to SoCal was for a friends bachelor party so solo trip was the only way.

Yokohama Geolander MT

I tell myself the same thing when I start editing 😂. It’s a learning process

@@DirtRoad_Chronicles ok , don’t worry . I will wait for next your good video ,

Since I got 8 total I went with the cheapest option and honestly they didn’t disappoint… yet. Only thing I noticed about these specifically is that the mounting hardware they give you for them rust out almost immediately, so if I would have known I would have given them a coat of black paint or something to try and prevent it. But light output is solid, maybe not as amazing as some Baja designs or heretic but it’s good light for the price.

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You can see how bright they are if you watch this video, I use them on a night run in Mendocino.

It really depends on what kind of trails you typically go on. If you wanna do some easy pretty much flat trails with nothing to crazy for obstacles you will be fine. I thing it’s a great setup since you can fit all the gear you want in it and lock it up, and you can customize the inside to your liking in terms of kitchen drawers, fridge slide out, even a little seating area it the weather gets bad while you’re hanging out. But from my experience, going on some tougher trails, still nothing crazy but enough to get you off camber, there’s more of a pucker factor when at those points of a trail. Also the MPGs take a hit on the highway with the wind pulling on the camper shell. That’s my reason for switching to a bed rack setup but recently I’ve been seeing a lot of these GFC, topo toppers and super Pacifics and it looks like this might be the best option. The GFC and topotopper are the lightest on the market and having the tent up top nice and slim keep the wind drag to a minimum and you still have a whole camper shell for your gear. I honestly thing I’ll be switching to that once I could afford it. Which probably won’t be for a few years. That being said, I love he bed rack and RTT setup a lot. Does everything in want it to do, simple, and I can still lock my stuff when I need to.

@@DirtRoad_Chronicles dude, thanks for the in depth reply! That makes a lot of sense. I'm getting about 13MPG now on my 2014 TRD Off-Road on 33's, so going down from there would not be great...haha! I'm in Arizona, so most the trails I do are very rutted out, rocky, and put you off camber, not flat trails really. The trails can get pretty gnarly compared to if I was just taking it up camping or something on the highway and a forest road. I'll have to keep thinking if adding the RTT on top of my camper is worth it then, I don't want to be super top heavy. The GoFastCampers look so nice! MY brother-in-law just got one and it's sick! Expensive though....

@@chadwin MPGs hurt a little but it’s something we have to deal with at the end of the day if this is a hobby or lifestyle you wanna live. I did regear my differentials to. 5.29 nitro gears and that’s helped tremendously with MPG. I hear you on the coat on the GFC which personally I would go with the TopoTopper because it’s more customizable from the factory and it’s a smaller company which I like. They’re about the same price, maybe GFC is a bit more depending on how much you want to mod the topotopper, and if you add the price of a good RTT and solid bed rack, you’re not too far from the total price of a Topotopper. I feel like if I would have been a bit more patient I probably would have waited a bit longer before getting my bed setup now and got the TopoTopper.

I’m not sure but it could be. Could also be from people going up and down after the rainy season just getting washed out like that or people getting stuck and spinning wheels. Either way I was able to go up and down with no issues, wish i would have recorded the way up. It was more exciting than the way down.

Thats me. I do that lol. I go up in 2wd traction off, and try to dig out as much as i can. Gotta dig out the north side more, too easy to get up.

Roof rack lights are from @desertarmorshop & hood/ditch lights are from Baja designs 🤙🏽

@@DirtRoad_Chronicles would you be able to do a how to on how you mounted your lights to the roof rack?

@@otterthrash mmm probably won’t take them off just to put them back on to be honest but I can do a short showing them up close and the basics of how they’re mounted

@@DirtRoad_Chronicles yeah that would be cool

Thank you sir. Everything has a solid purpose on the build, other than maybe taking the axe with me to the desert this trip but you know what I mean. Might add a water port for my water solution or build a diy pvc one for rinsing off dishes and washing your hands at camp, but other than that I feel pretty happy with it. Oh lastly an awning is necessary for sure.

Thanks man I appreciate it 🤙🏽

WarFab hitch skid. Pretty solid piece. 🤙🏽

Thank you much appreciated 🙏🏽

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There’s about 6-8” of space left under the canister.

Did you have to go back through Elk mountain rd to get to lake Pillsbury after bear creek? Because I know there’s a way to get to Rocky point which is south part of lake Pillsbury, but they recently put up a no trespassing sign where that road starts. On Google earth it doesn’t show that there’s any buildings or anything out that way so I’m curious if some random put the sign up to keep it to themselves or what.

Fox suspension 2.5 coilovers in front, 2.0 with adjustable reservoirs in the rear, all pro 3” expedition leaf packs and preload in front set to about 2.5” of lift with 285/75/17 Yokohamas

There’s no way around a CMC when going with a bigger size tire. It’s a must. 285/75/17 on about a -38 offset

They have t slot bed racks specific to your truck. What truck do you have? You can also contact them through Instagram.

The rack is super strong and has served me well so far. Better than what I expected. It’s modular and you can put almost any mount on it with either the molle panels or the crossbar slots themselves. Check out my Instagram @cemento.Yoda for pictures of how I have mine setup. I’ll be adding more videos and pictures in the future as well.

The weight rating on the BillieBars is going to be way higher than the actual covers can handle. The weight rating on a lot of the retractable covers like my Retrax XR, per each company, is about 600-700lbs static, and 300-400lbs dynamic. Enough for a rooftop tent, gas cans, recovery equipment, and really anything you would need when out adventuring. They have all sorts of accessories to mount bikes, kayaks, cargo boxes and a bunch of other things you could possibly want.

I’ve since traded it for a eureka stove I got at REI. So far it’s been great and way more compact.

It’s a retrax Xr cover

Is not the pro right ?

@@edgarmartinez1512 this one is not the pro, the pro is the battery powered cover that opens and closes with a button. I opted for the manual one since I go off-road and the bed shakes around a lot to where I didn’t want to risk breaking any of the wiring or electronic parts.

@@DirtRoad_Chronicles so I got the same cover for my 2022 tundra do they make the same bed rack that you have on your Tacoma for the tundra? I like your set up

@@edgarmartinez1512 yes they do, go on their website, billiebars, and use the drop down menu and look for retractable covers with t slots bed rack. And you’ll see the tundra option there.

Thanks for watching. Mendocino is so big to explore so you’ll have a great time!

Sorry for the late reply but hope you enjoyed it. NorCal has a lot to offer.

Thanks man I’m sub’d to yours too.

@@DirtRoad_Chronicles thank you! New video in 15 mins

Let’s do it man. Tryna get to Hull mountain and Pillsbury lake next

Thank you brother